RE: Date datatype

Hi

> 1.. In SQLPlus, how can I display the full value
> of a date column? I mean date and time and not
> only the date.

One possibility is to set the parameter NLS_DATE_FORMAT at session level = to something like "DD.MM.YYYY HH24:MI:SS".

> 2.. I'm trying the EXTRACT function. Year, month and
> day worked fine but not the hour, minute and
> second. How can I do it?

It should work. What does it mean "... but not..."?=20 If you copy/paste an example it's easier to help you...

> 3.. I tried to add a numeric value from another
> field to a date column and it worked for the
> date. Is it possible to do the same thing with the time?

Yes. E.g. add 1/24 to add one hour... i.e. you should do some math...

HTH
Chris

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